Family Communication Vocabulary

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite (e.g., the, a, an)

• It is important for the police force to keep the peace in the community.
• Let's all try to keep the peace and avoid any arguments.
• Hey man, just chill out and keep the peace, okay?
• The diplomat's role is to keep the peace between conflicting nations.

noun a playful or informal term used to encourage someone to get up or move quickly

adverb used as an exclamation when helping someone to stand up or get up quickly

• The toddler stumbled but quickly got back up with a little help, saying 'upsy-daisy' as she stood.
• Oops, I dropped my pen. Upsy-daisy, there we go!
• I tripped over the curb but managed to recover with an 'upsy-daisy' and a laugh.
• After facing a setback in the project, the team leader encouraged everyone to pick themselves up and say 'upsy-daisy' as they moved forward.